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A computational model of the referential semantics of projective prepositions [PDF]
, 2006 In this paper we present a framework for interpreting locative expressions containing the prepositions in front of and behind. These prepositions have different semantics in the viewer-centred and intrinsic frames of reference (Vandeloise, 1991).
Kelleher, John D., van Genabith, Josef
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Научный диалог, 2020 The author uses personal and possessive pronouns in the literary and critical discourse of the 19th century writer and fiction writer N. D. Akhsharumov (1820-1893). The question is raised about the specificity of communicativeness of the pronouns used by
S. Yu. Lavrova
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Toddlers use speech disfluencies to predict speakers’ referential intentions [PDF]
Developmental Science, 2011 AbstractThe ability to infer the referential intentions of speakers is a crucial part of learning a language. Previous research has uncovered various contextual and social cues that children may use to do this. Here we provide the first evidence that children also use speech disfluencies to infer speaker intention. Disfluencies (e.g. filled pauses ‘uh’
Celeste, Kidd +2 more
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Kaplan and Marti on Definite Descriptions: Non-Standard Cases of Referential Use [PDF]
Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"Donnellan’s distinction between referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions has two explanations — the semantic and the pragmatic one. A version of semantic explanations was outlined by Kaplan and elaborated in detail by Marti.
E. V. Borisov
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UTILIZATION OF FILM GENRE AS PRIOR TEXT STUDY IN TITLE WRITING OF STUDENT CREATIVITY PROGRAM
Lire Journal, 2020 This study aims to describe the relationship of intertextuality between the titles of the Student Creativity Program (SCP) with film genres. This research is in the form of qualitative descriptive research that is naturalistic in character.
Nivia Putri Ratna Juwita +2 more
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Epistemic Perspectives and Communicative Acts
Frontiers in Communication, 2021 Searle (Speech Acts, 1969) introduced his famous distinction between constitutive and regulative rules that together define felicity conditions of speech acts.
Anton Benz
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Making Use of Similarity in Referential Semantics [PDF]
, 2015 Similarity is well-known to be a core concept of human cognition, e.g., in categorization and learning. Therefore, expressions of similarity in natural language are of special interest: How to account for their meaning including the results on similarity in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence without abandoning referential semantics?
Helmar Gust, Carla Umbach
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A comparison between English demonstratives and Vietnamese demonstratives in argumentative essays
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022 In English and Vietnamese, demonstratives are considered one of the most important linguistic items for their ability to enhance writing coherence. Crucial as they are, few investigations have been conducted to analyze the differences in their uses in ...
Nguyet Minh Nguyen
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Incomplete Descriptions and the Underdetermination Problem [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this paper is to discuss two phenomena related to the semantics of definite descriptions: that of incomplete uses of descriptions, and that of the underdetermination of referential uses of descriptions. The Russellian theorist has a way of
Moldovan, Andrei
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Crítica, 2018 Predicates and proper names have been traditionally treated under different semantic categories. Proper names are considered as singular noncomplex terms whereas predicates are taken as general ones.
Alfonso García Suárez
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